Triple Six, Five, Forked Tongue

I didn't get a chance to say much about this in my last post, but Ex Military from Death Grips is one of the best albums I've heard all year, and certainly the best rap album. It's genuinely good music that flaunts its antagonistic apathy to being likable. Beyond the skillful production, beyond the confident delivery, beyond the incoherent morbidity of the lyrics, there's an aggression to the vocals that brutally threatens and dares the listener to continue. It's the tonal distinction of the album, and it characterizes itself through harshly percussive and bass-driven beats accompanied by a rapper that breathes hostility. It's difficult to like, and it's clearly not trying to be liked, but there's a compositional attentiveness that belies its posture. That, if nothing else, warrants respect.